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Engineer Embedded Software 2

PDS Defense • Manhattan Beach, CA • 2h ago

Engineering

Engineer Embedded Software 2 Manhattan Beach, CA Posted: 12/21/2025

Job Description

Job ID#:

214759

Job Category:

Engineering

Position Type:

Associate - W2

Duration:

Positions Available:

PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking an Engineer Embedded Software 2, in Manhattan Beach, CA. Job ID#214759

Pay Rate: $49.00 - $60.00

Job Description:

TELECOMMUTE: No- Teleworking not available for this position

WORK SHIFT: 1st Shift (9/80A)

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

The client states that you must have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have fun along the way.

The client is looking for an Embedded Software Engineer to support our Communications Systems Software (CSS) department. As a member of the CSS department you'll work in a fast-paced team environment to make our technologies a reality. This position will serve on-site at Redondo Beach, CA in the execution, development, integration and delivery of flight software for a satellite bus as well as other satellite systems and subsystems, such as for the Space Development Agency portfolio of programs.

The Embedded Software Engineer should have experience coordinating with different teams and stakeholders, including interfacing with partners from subcontract organizations. The embedded flight software is developed in a resource constrained target environment with soft and hard real time requirements. The software will typically implement complex data analysis, data routing, and/or control systems algorithms. Candidate will need familiarity with various processor, memory, and I/O architectures and be able to implement both procedural and embedded software in C/C++ utilizing real-time operating system (RTOS).

The ideal candidate should have academic and work experience in software engineering and development across the full life cycle for software systems on space programs. Experience working in a process-oriented environment utilizing agile processes is also desired. The selected candidate should also have strong verbal and written communication skills and be comfortable working on teams with engineers from other engineering disciplines. Must be comfortable working in a lab environment and executing to aggressive schedules.

The organization is seeking a candidate who demonstrates long term vision and execution as well as system level understanding. The ideal candidate has corporate experience in a full-time role that requires cross-collaboration with systems and hardware engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

Design, develop, document, integrate, test, and debug real time embedded flight software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.

Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with systems and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of data processing systems for target software.

Coordinate with different teams and stakeholders, including interfacing with partners from subcontract organizations.

Determine overall system and user needs; analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops utility programs.

Ensure software standards are met.

Design and execute tests to ensure the software's functionality, performance, and reliability.

Basic Qualifications for Software Engineer:

Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related STEM degree with 5+ years of software development experience OR Master's Degree with 3+ years of software development experience.

Strong proficiency in embedded C/C++ development with emphasis in object oriented and thread safe programming

Experience developing embedded software in real-time OS environment (e.g. RTEMS, Embedded Linux, VxWorks, Green Hills, FreeRTOS, etc.)

Strong background in integrating and troubleshooting embedded software in lab environment

Demonstrated domain knowledge and experience working with satellite bus software

Proficiency with Python

Prior or current corporate experience in a full-time role that requires cross-collaboration with engineering teams

Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

Job Requirements

Minimum Security Clearance:

No Clearance

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

The California Fair Chance Act

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